the reidout with joy reid starts now. tonight on the reidout look, the role of the congress and the role of the vice president on that day is to open and count electoral votes, no more, no less. i will always believe by god s grace i did my duty that day. but there was more to it than that. there s new reporting that mike pence seriously considered shirking that solemn duty and skipping the january 6th electoral vote certification. also tonight, russia extends the detention of american journalist evan girsh kovich and is seeking to prosecutor another journalist. plus, honoring the life of former first lady rosalynn carter, a tribute service is attended by all the living first ladies. and three presidents including her beloved husband of 77 years. former president jimmy carter. but we begin tonight with new reporting about january 6th that may help explain a lingering mystery in the lead-up to that day. just one day before then vice president mike pence was t
thank you for spending part of your tuesday with us. the beat with ari melber starts right now. ali, always like to see you? how you doing? saw you in person last week even better. our thanks to alley velshi, our colleague here. welcome to the beat. i m ari melber. great to be back with you. tonight we re tracking new report on what former vice president pence told jack smith about trump s coup plot, and later how right of had wing nationalists are winning in south america to parts of europe, where some find that surprising. this new election sending shock wave about so-called maga populism and trump s abroad. everyone later a fun item of interest to what the i ll have this for and explain why we think it s a good thing by the end of the hour. all that coming up. our top story are the signs of kremtle progress in the middle east conference. today marking a sixth day of cease-fire or pause. hamas released two more hostages, including two thai hostages, all part